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The Emergence of the Post-Liberal Catholic Priest, by Kenneth Craycraft – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

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By Kenneth Craycraft, Catholic World Report, Nov. 7, 2025

Kenneth Craycraft is author of Citizens Yet Strangers: Living Authentically Catholic in a Divided America.

Reactions to the “2025 National Study of Catholic Priests” conducted by The Catholic Project at Catholic University of America, demonstrate the failure of many in the Catholic commentariat even to grasp this important shift.

A major recent survey suggests that a new generation of Catholic priests is breaking free of the restrictive political labels of “conservative” and “liberal,” recognizing that the claims of our Faith transcend such increasingly anachronistic branding.

The study, conducted by The Catholic Project at Catholic University of America, demonstrates that newer cohorts of Catholic priests refuse to be constrained by a political regime that, in both its conservative and progressive forms, is corrosive of Catholic witness. Responses to the “National Study of Catholic Priests: Wave 2” (the “Wave Two Study” or “Study”) suggest that younger priests are resistant to the left/right continuum of American politics. ….

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